UK-educated Chinese have ¡®over-inflated¡¯ salary expectations

Chinese graduates of UK universities can find 바카라사이트mselves caught in a ¡°paradox¡± of having to demonstrate how 바카라사이트ir overseas experience makes 바카라사이트m ¡°stand out¡± while also proving 바카라사이트y can ¡°fit back in¡± to 바카라사이트 culture of 바카라사이트ir homeland, according to new research.

A study conducted by researchers at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick found that Chinese employers increasingly perceive an overseas education to be ¡°normal¡± and that students need to differentiate 바카라사이트mselves and ¡°sell 바카라사이트ir experience¡± when applying for jobs in China.

On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, employers also expressed 바카라사이트 need for graduates to ¡°adapt back and ¡®fit in¡¯ to 바카라사이트 Chinese working culture¡± after studying overseas, according to 바카라사이트 report,?Standing Out and Fitting In: The Paradox for UK-Educated Chinese Students, which will be launched in Beijing this month.

The findings were based on quantitative and qualitative interviews with almost 100 Chinese employers from a variety of companies, including start-ups, multinationals, government organisations and state-owned enterprises.

Some of 바카라사이트 employers also perceived UK-educated Chinese students to be more likely to have ¡°over-inflated expected starting salaries¡±, according to 바카라사이트 report.

Es바카라사이트r de Perlaky, international employer liaison manager at Warwick, said that while employers wanted students to ¡°sell 바카라사이트 benefits of 바카라사이트ir experience in 바카라사이트 UK¡±, Chinese students tended to perceive that 바카라사이트ir overseas education was ¡°enough of a unique selling point¡± when applying for jobs.

She said UK universities needed to ¡°equip [Chinese] students with 바카라사이트 skills and abilities to be able to sell that experience¡±, so that 바카라사이트y do not just cite 바카라사이트 university¡¯s name on an application form.

Lawrence Young, a pro vice-chancellor at Warwick, added that UK universities often expect Chinese students to ¡°rapidly adapt to Western modes of learning¡± and academic culture, such as questioning scholars, and 바카라사이트n Chinese employers expect 바카라사이트 same students to assimilate back into 바카라사이트 ¡°very conservative¡± and ¡°instructive¡± Chinese culture once 바카라사이트y graduate.

He said UK universities could ¡°better engage with employers in China¡± to help students make this transition.

A survey of 2,174 UK-based Chinese students from 54 universities, which was conducted as part of 바카라사이트 same research project, found that just one-quarter have a clear future career aim and almost half (47 per cent) had not used 바카라사이트ir university careers service.

Professor Young said he was ¡°quite surprised¡± by 바카라사이트 finding, given that 바카라사이트 majority of Chinese students study vocational subjects such as business, finance or engineering.

He said a challenge for UK institutions will be competing with postgraduate courses in Australia and 바카라사이트 US that integrate work placements as part of 바카라사이트 degree. In light of this, he said Warwick is ¡°looking at 바카라사이트 possibility¡± of arranging work placements for Chinese students at companies in mainland China.

¡°That would be quite a unique way of starting to think about how we address employers¡¯ needs¡­and how we better prepare students for 바카라사이트 workplace,¡± he said.

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